FIABCI &

United Nations Global Compact Cities ProgrammePartnership Agreement

The Urban Profile Process

Marco MatteiniMichele Melchiorri

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The UN GC Cities Programme & Cities

UNGCCP is the urban component of the GC acts on cities for the adoption of GC 10

principles in the spheres of

Human rights - Labor - Environment - anti Corruption

principles promotion

principles implementati

on

The different threshold of engagement

Signatory - Leading - Innovating city * fee

holistic multiyear

cross sectorial projects

The UNGCCP methodology

The Urban Profile Process

The Circles of Sustainability was introduced in 2007 as a joint project between UNGCCP, chaired by Prof. Paul James at RMIT University

Australia, and United Cities and Local Governments UCLG

It introduces a comprehensive methodology to understand and assess the sustainability

performance of a territory

The analysis is based on FOUR domainsEcology - Economics - Politics - Culture

domains are composed by seven perspectives, each has seven aspects used to generate a finer

assessment

The UNGCCP methodology

The Urban Profile process is the tool to develop the assessment, it can be applied to cities or metropolitan areas, with the

participation of local actors and external experts

The profile outcome always consist of a clear and simple

graphic representation

It is possible to perform the evaluation at four levels:

Rapid - Aggregate - Annotated - Comprehensive

2h 4h 1-2 days 6-12 month

s

The representation is built with the reply to questions for domains, perspectives and

aspects

The UNGCCP methodology

The UN GC Cities Programme & the Urban Profile Process

Rapid

Reply to Perspectives28 questions

7 Perspectives in 4 Domains

Aggregate

Perspectives + Aspects

196 questions

7Aspects in 7 Perspectives in 4

Domains

Culture Politics Economics

Ecology

A software will be developed to guide assessors to fill the UPP

template

The UNGCCP methodology

The questionnaire asks for critical judgments on a nine points scale Urban Profile process v3.3 Tool and guiding

paper p.6

Urban Profile process v3.3 Tool and guiding paper p.6

Domain Perspectiv

e

Aspects

Rapid

Aggregate

Annotated /Comprehensiv

e

The Structure of the assessmenttemplate

The UNGCCP methodology

FIABCI‘s TASK FORCE for SUSTAINABILITY

Among the several profiles of FIABCI experts, Architects and Planners have the commitment to deliver

more sustainable buildings and built environments

higher architecture quality and environmental standards

and engage in the assessment of sustainability in urban areasaccording to

The Architects and Planners FIABCI’s TASK FORCE

The FIABCI - UNGCCP Partnership agreementsigned in Dubai in January 2014

Introducing the TOOLKIT for the assessment

FIABCI GUIDE UNGCCP UPP assessment

template

UNGCCP Information

brochure

FIABCI brief for implementation

at local level

FIABCI‘s TASK FORCE for SUSTAINABILITY

Perspective ASSESSMENT TEAM

 - One representative of the assessed city (representing a team of expert of the city)

- List of experts

- Two representative of FIABCI in the ECOSOC Region

- One general supervisor

- One representative of UNGCCP

FIABCI‘s TASK FORCE for SUSTAINABILITY

Procedure for the preparation of the assessment

Phase 1

Request, nomination and establishment of FIABCI and a local group of experts

Phase 2

«Research mission» and draft assessment

Phase 3

Consultation and final assessment publication

Phase 4

Launch event

FIABCI‘s TASK FORCE for SUSTAINABILITY

FIABCI &

United Nations Global Compact Cities ProgrammePartnership Agreement

for

Promotion and Implementation of the Urban Profile Process

THANK YOU